- Nov 07, 2020
Football Quotes
Reflections from the field, the sideline, and the stands.
This set of football quotes draws on players describing what the game demanded of them, from proving doubters wrong despite their size to naming the skills that earned them a nickname. A few speak plainly about football being central to who they are, not just a pastime. For more on the people who play it, see our Football Players quotes.
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- History
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- Nov 07, 2020
Norway has a great history of women's football, but it's harder now. We've stopped talking about development, and other countries have overtaken us.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm a championship handball player. I'm a championship softball and baseball player. I used to be an extremely talented center in high school in football. I also dabbled in lacrosse and soccer. I'm really good at billiards, darts, shuffleboard.
- American
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I was really young, the women's national team wasn't on a grand media stage, so my role models were male basketball and male American football players.
- High School
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- Nov 07, 2020
Football games on Friday nights followed by field parties every weekend was how I spent my high school years.
- Child
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've got no interest in football. My brother's a footballer, too, and I was dragged to the freezing pitch every week as a child. I don't see much glamour in it.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
I like to push the limit to how much air we can put in the football, even go over what they allow you to do and see if the officials take air out of it.
- Feet
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- Nov 07, 2020
When you're throwing the football the way you want to, you're not thinking about it. You're not thinking about your drop or your release point or the trajectory or where your feet are. It's just coming off your hand exactly the way you want it to, fluid and confident.
- Nov 07, 2020
The majority of the time, they take air out of the football. I think that, for me, is a disadvantage.
- Doing
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- Nov 07, 2020
I know what I'm capable of doing. I just want to stay fit and healthy and let my football take care of itself.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't think God cares a whole lot about the outcome. He cares about the people involved, but I don't think he's a big football fan.
- Myself
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- Nov 07, 2020
I live for football, and my real passion is just to go out there and express myself and show everybody what I'm capable of doing. It's what I've always known since I was a kid.
- Nation
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- Nov 07, 2020